23-24 Premier League Preview - Week 14
Hear from the managers ahead of Week 14 of the 23-24 Premier League season including Pep Guardiola and Ange Postecoglu ahead of the big clash of the week between Manchester City and Tottenham
Transcript
00:00 Every season, I said as well many times, every season is getting better.
00:10 So more teams involved and every single game is so difficult.
00:14 Even the games I didn't win lately, I'm impressed how good many, many things they do and how
00:23 many chances they create and how aggressive in all departments.
00:27 Perspective of what team you've got, it's always going to be a challenge playing against
00:32 City and any team that sort of pep managers.
00:37 You love that, you relish that.
00:40 That's the kind of arena you want to be in, measuring yourself against the very best.
00:44 It would be great if things were a little bit smoother for us, but it is what it is.
00:50 Time will tell.
00:51 We have another big one now against Wolves, a really difficult team to play against.
00:55 They have shown against the top teams as well what they're capable of.
00:58 I know the preparation has been focused and understanding what we have to do tomorrow
01:03 to win the game.
01:04 I have sympathy with all my colleagues because I know how beautiful and how challenging our
01:11 job is and the exposure that we have.
01:14 Those moments in front of the cameras are not easy ones and you see that in many, many,
01:20 many situations already this season and last season.
01:25 We're here to make the game better, to make our clubs better and we all need to win.
01:30 I really respect them.
01:33 It's a difficult team to play against but also it's a cool challenge.
01:38 I like to play against them because the challenge, we have to rise to the occasion.
01:42 We know that we have to be on our best against them because, as I say, the way they play,
01:51 I think it's very well organised.
01:53 We need to believe that it's realistic.
01:55 Another thing is that it's going to be tough to achieve the places to allow us to play
02:03 in competition, in European competition, but I think it's still there.
02:08 Of course, they are doing a fantastic job and of course, they are a very good team,
02:16 very good coaching staff and I think I know very well Roberto and I think he's doing
02:21 a fantastic job.
02:23 I think my best skill is not feeling at all winning streaks.
02:30 I just don't feel it.
02:32 It only tells me it, but I have no clue.
02:35 Because the next game is so important, so different, so difficult,
02:37 all these kind of things, and that's why I don't think they help really.
02:42 Maybe the other teams think, "Oh, it's a difficult place to go,"
02:45 but for us each game stays difficult because of the quality of the opponent.
02:49 I think their record has been very strong since they got back in the Premier League.
02:52 Good people there are trying to do a good job and it's hard.
02:55 The Premier League is a hard division.
02:57 They came up last year and stayed in there and now the expectation rises.
03:01 That's just part of being in the Premier League.
03:03 The expectation season on season rises and it will do at Forest because it's a big club
03:08 that was out of that division for a long time and now it's back in it.
03:11 It's a massive game for both teams and it's part of what you have to face in a career.
03:19 For these players, we're going to be taking the field on that day.
03:22 They're not the easiest ones in terms of leading into,
03:26 but they're the ones that make you as well.
03:28 They're the ones that you have to look forward to sometimes.
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